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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'talk' and 'Reply to First Objections'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

21405

Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long]

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

20871

Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero]

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / b. Raven paradox

7006	Observing irrelevant items supports both 'all x are y' and 'all x are non-y', revealing its absurdity [Schofield,J]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

16634

I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence

3635	Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof

3634	We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes]